N.J. Beverage Men Re-Elect Deighan

N.J. BEVERAGE MEN RE-ELECT DEIGHAN Camden Man Chosen to Head State Association Third Term Atlantic City, Oct. 1.—Neil F. Deighan, of Camden, was re-elected president of the New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association for a third term at the closing session of the organization’s convention here today. Election of eight vice-presidents resulted in the following being named: Archie McNew, Gloucester City; John D. Somerlin, Salem; William Rainey, Trenton; Frank Fiore, Atlantic City; Michael Donovan, Bayonne; Gus Fricks, Jersey City, and Walter Rhaesa, Elizabeth. Frank Davis, of Glassboro, was re-elected treasurer. Two South Jersey men were among trustees elected. They are L. Van Horn, of Camden, and William B. Acton, of Pennsville. George Max, of Clifton, was named sergeant-at-arms, and Edward McCann, of Phillipsburg, was elected secretary. The Association caustically replied to action of the recent Methodist Conference urging pastors and those who would align with them to exact bone-dry pledges from political candidates. The Association declared that it was in harmony with all moves to raise moral standards but that it would fight the action of any church group injecting itself into politics in order to gain the return of anything resembling prohibition. The prohibition experiment was branded in the resolution as the antithesis of improving morality and was called synonymous with other means which increase criminality, disrespect for law and general license. The resolution was one of a series. Another resolution called the one-man Alcoholic Beverage Commission in New Jersey entirely satisfactory for the enforcement of liquor laws and opposed any change. Still other resolutions termed bootleggers and speakeasies the greatest menace to liquor law enforcement and urged that $100,000 be added to the budget of the enforcement commission, stating that strict enforcement would add $1,000,000 in New Jersey income. The association urged support of the campaign for moderate drinking and safe driving and volunteered to act as a clearing house for supplying information to authorities on violations and violators of the law.